Category: 3. Middle East

Muslim-majority Turkey, which is hosting Pope Leo XIV on his first overseas trip as pontiff, is not “a hostile environment” for Christians, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople told AFP in an interview.

“It is simplistic to see adversaries…

Authorities say the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Russia’s only launch site for crewed space missions, will be restored ‘very soon’.

A Russian launch site in Kazakhstan…

The government announces the closing of all government offices and schools as weather conditions grow worse.

Sri Lanka has closed government offices and schools as…

By Joshua McElwee

ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Pope Leo will meet in Turkey on Friday with Christian leaders from across the Middle East, and is expected to urge unity among denominations divided for centuries during his first overseas trip as leader of…

Green card applications from ‘countries of concern’ will be reviewed after Afghan national named as suspect in shooting of National Guard members.

United States President Donald Trump said he plans to suspend immigration from “all Third…

Several Israeli soldiers also wounded during clashes following the incursion into the town of Beit Jinn, where Israeli artillery and missile strikes were launched.

Another Israeli incursion into Syrian territory in the Damascus countryside at dawn…

Police arrest three construction company officials on suspicion of manslaughter linked to the building renovation.

Firefighting operations at Hong Kong’s deadliest…

Senegal is at loggerheads with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over a bailout it urgently needs to plug a gaping hole in its public finances. While the IMF wants the West African nation to undertake a painful restructuring before it will…

President Vladimir Putin has said he is ready to guarantee in writing that Russia will not attack another European nation, as he dismissed claims that Moscow intends to invade another country as a “lie” and “complete nonsense”.

Speaking on…

Aman says it will take ‘all available measures’ to stop Russian authorities from recruiting its citizens to fight in war.

Jordan has demanded that Russian…